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• Exclusive: Brown asks Scotland Yard to investigate if he was hacked
• Widespread cut in coastguards 'will cost lives'
• Trials and tribulations of News International: Where, exactly, will it all end?
• The Met: Undercover, over-familiar... and falling down on The Job
• They're back! Power couple go on the attack
• Fish threatened by global warming to be moved north
• Voting fraud claims spark calls for ID at polls
• Vincent Tabak is charged with murder of Joanna Yeates
• Cowen standing down as Fianna Fail leader
• Racial prejudices 'damaging adoption rates'
• Potholes warning over council funding cuts
• Woman, 92, attacked on doorstep
• Teenager injured in police car collision
• Undercover PC who married activist on restricted duty

Exclusive: Brown asks Scotland Yard to investigate if he was hacked Posted: 22 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Gordon Brown has asked the police to investigate whether he was the victim of phone hacking, The Independent on Sunday has learnt. Mr Brown has written at least one letter to the Metropolitan Police over concerns that his phone was targeted when he was Chancellor, during the latter stages of Andy Coulson's reign as editor of the News of the World. Mr Brown's aides last night declined to comment. It is understood that Scotland Yard sought clarification from the former prime minister after his request.

Widespread cut in coastguards 'will cost lives' Posted: 22 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Lives could be lost at sea as a result of severe cuts to Britain's network of coastguard services, experts warned this weekend.

Trials and tribulations of News International: Where, exactly, will it all end? Posted: 22 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Why did Andy Coulson resign?

The Met: Undercover, over-familiar... and falling down on The Job Posted: 22 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Perhaps even more than David Cameron or News International, Scotland Yard might have been hoping that the phone- hacking row would die down with the resignation of Andy Coulson. Few things seem more unlikely. Alastair Campbell, Coulson's most high-profile predecessor, summed it up simply yesterday: "I think the role of the police in this is now going to become centre-stage."

They're back! Power couple go on the attack Posted: 22 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Labour's top political power couple, Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper, will seek to seize the political agenda this week with a series of attacks on the coalition, accusing it of putting political ideology before economic stability and national security.

Fish threatened by global warming to be moved north Posted: 22 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Fish from the Lake District will be moved to cooler waters in Scotland under radical plans – which will be unveiled this week – aimed at coping with climate change.

Voting fraud claims spark calls for ID at polls Posted: 22 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Ministers will this week face demands to force voters to present photographic identification before they are allowed to vote, as an elections watchdog reveals that police were called in to investigate dozens of allegations of fraud at the last general election.

Vincent Tabak is charged with murder of Joanna Yeates Posted: 22 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Detectives have charged Vincent Tabak, a Dutch engineer, with the murder of Joanna Yeates, the landscape architect whose body was found in Bristol on Christmas Day.

Cowen standing down as Fianna Fail leader Posted: 22 Jan 2011 06:46 AM PST Irish Taoiseach Brian Cowen today announced he is standing down as leader of the ruling Fianna Fail party but will remain at the head of Government until the March general election.

Racial prejudices 'damaging adoption rates' Posted: 22 Jan 2011 03:46 AM PST The adoption rate has collapsed because of prejudice towards ethnic minority children being placed with white parents, according to the outgoing chief executive of the UK's largest children's charity.

Potholes warning over council funding cuts Posted: 22 Jan 2011 02:05 AM PST Councils in England will struggle to repair potholes caused by extreme winter weather because of a £165 million shortfall in funding, the Local Government Association warned today.

Woman, 92, attacked on doorstep Posted: 22 Jan 2011 01:13 AM PST A robber kicked a 92-year-old woman in the head and left her bleeding and badly injured on her doorstep.

Teenager injured in police car collision Posted: 22 Jan 2011 12:22 AM PST An independent investigation was under way today after a teenage pedestrian was hurt in a collision with a marked police car as it responded to an emergency call, a senior officer said.

Undercover PC who married activist on restricted duty Posted: 22 Jan 2011 12:19 AM PST An undercover police officer who reportedly married an activist he was supposed to be spying on has been placed on restricted duties, police said.

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